Technical Writing Seminar To Feature National Speakers

A conference to explore technical writing in the classroom and the workplace will be held at 8 a.m. Feb. 21 in the Student Center Auditorium at University of Central Florida.

Representatives of industry and education will discuss professional techniques and and exchange ideas.

Speakers will be Beekman Cottrell, founder of the technical writing program at Carnegie Mellon University, and Janice Redish of the American Institute for Research in Washington, D.C.

The sessions will include workshops and visual aids, as well as a tour of the university's technical writing lab.

A fee is $60 includes lunch and a reception, as well as a continental breakfast. Registration deadline is Feb. 15.

The conference is sponsored by the department of English and the Orlando chapter of Society for Technical Communication.

For details, call Sandra Miller, 275-2212.

-- A seminar on ''AIDS: A Caring Challenge,'' will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday in the Student Center Auditorium.

Experts on acquired immune deficiency syndrome will speak during the program sponsored by the UCF Nursing Students Association, the Florida Nursing Students Association, and the Florida Nurses Association.

Admission is free; for details, call 275-2744.

-- Festivities for Martin Luther King Jr. Day included a march around the main campus by black students, singing by the UCF Gospel Choir, and remarks from Robert Belle, director of Minority Student Services. He encouraged students to reach their full potential by completing their education.

''If you start school you will never know the outcome unless you finish the race. The prize can be worth it,'' said Belle.